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'Where your attention is, that becomes lively' is just one of the quotes or aphorisms which David Lynch tends to fall back upon whenever he is asked to explain the nature of ideas or creativity or in his own inimitable helium-winged Midwestern way, the consuming happenstance of 'catching the big fish'. Lynch with his longtime collaborative partner Chrystabell are...

Almost imperceptibly between the low-slung clouds and ruddy horizons, the producer Tomu DJ has continued to refine and recast her palette of deep house and downtempo, which is flecked with a sun-dappled Americana during its more arid moments and dank when it retreats into the moist bosom of the club. Amid a slew of extended plays and collaborations, on her...

In the fall of 2020 in the backyard of Chicali Outpost in Los Angeles, the drummer Daniel Villarreal was joined by the guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Anna Butterss for the first in-person recording session any of the participants had mustered as an ensemble since the start of the pandemic. Some of the resulting music appeared on Panamá 77,...